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PAST HONOREES

2023

Joy Solomon, Esq

Founding Director and Managing Attorney, The Weinberg Center for Elder Justice
Vice President, Elder Justice and Spiritual Engagement at RiverSpring Living

CHAMPION FOR CHANGE

Avery Fischer, Esq.

Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, Ralph Lauren

CHAMPION FOR JUSTICE

2022

Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, FAAN

President, The John A. Hartford Foundation

CHAMPION FOR CHANGE

Hon. Tanya R. Kennedy

Associate Justice,
Appellate Division First Department

CHAMPION FOR JUSTICE

2021

Marilyn B. Chinitz, Esq.

Partner, Matrimonial & Family Law Group
Blank Rome LLP
CHAMPION FOR CHANGE

Hon. Edwina G. Mendelson

Deputy Chief Administrative
Judge for Justice Initiatives
CHAMPION FOR JUSTICE

2019

Belinda G. Schwartz

Chair, Herrickā€™s Real Estate Department
Champion for Change Award

2018

Lesley Stahl

60 MINUTES Correspondent
CBS
Champion for Change Award

Hon. Judith J. Gische

Associate Justice
Appellate Division, First Department
Champion for Justice Award

2017

Stephen P. Younger, Esq.

Partner
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP
Champion for Change Award

Hon. Deborah A. Kaplan

Statewide Coordinating Judge for Family Violence Cases
Champion for Justice Award

2016

Randy M. Mastro, Esq.

Partner
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Champion for Change Award

Kathy Greenlee

Administrator, Administration for Community Living
Assistant Secretary for Aging
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Champion for Justice Award

2015

Lauren J. Wachtler, Esq.

Partner and Co-Chair, Litigation Department
Phillips Nizer LLP
Champion for Change Award

Susan A. Herman, Esq.

Deputy Commissioner
Collaborative Policing, NYPD
Champion for Justice Award

2014

William D. Zabel, Esq.

Partner
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
Champion for Change Award

The Late Hon. Judith S. Kaye

Former Chief Judge of the
State of New York and of Counsel
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Champion of Justice Award

2013

Allen I. Fagin, Esq.

Partner, and Past Chairman
Proskauer Rose LLP
Champion for Change Award

Hon. Janet DiFiore

Chief Judge of the
Court of Appeals and of
the State of New York
Champion for Justice Award

2012

Ira M. Millstein, Esq.

Senior Partner
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Champion for Change Award

Cyrus R. Vance, Jr.

New York County District Attorney
Champion for Justice Award